CRA International (CRAI) Stock Price, News & Analysis

1 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for CRA International in the last year. There are currently 1 buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" CRAI shares.
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1 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets for CRA International's stock. Their CRAI share price targets range from $133.00 to $133.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $133.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 7.4%.
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CRA International's stock was trading at $98.85 on January 1st, 2024. Since then, CRAI shares have increased by 45.3% and is now trading at $143.63.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 2nd 2024.
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CRA International, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRAI) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February, 29th. The business services provider reported $1.63 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.10 by $0.53. The business services provider had revenue of $161.61 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $149.51 million. CRA International had a net margin of 6.17% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 19.01%.

CRA International declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 28th. Investors of record on Tuesday, March 12th will be given a dividend of $0.42 per share on Friday, March 22nd. This represents a $1.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.17%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 11th.
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CRA International (NASDAQ:CRAI) pays an annual dividend of $1.68 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.17%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 7 consecutive years, indicating the company has a new, but growing committment to grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 31.11%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, CRAI will have a dividend payout ratio of 25.30% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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AdvisorShares Dorsey Wright Micro-Cap ETF holds 318 shares of CRAI stock, representing 0.67% of its portfolio.

CRA International issued an update on its FY 2024 earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 29th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $645.0 million-$675.0 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $630.8 million.

206 employees have rated CRA International Chief Executive Officer Paul Maleh on Glassdoor.com. Paul Maleh has an approval rating of 92% among the company's employees. This puts Paul Maleh in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies. 94.0% of employees surveyed would recommend working at CRA International to a friend.

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CRA International's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Bridge City Capital LLC (0.07%). Insiders that own company stock include Chad M Holmes, Daniel K Mahoney, Jonathan D Yellin, Nancy Hawthorne, Paul A Maleh, Paul A Maleh, Robert W Holthausen, Thomas Aiken Avery and William F Concannon.
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